by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Sep 14, 2018 | Beer, Michigan
The 10h Annual UP Fall Beer Festival held in Marquette’s Mattson Lower Harbor Park featured hundreds of beers from some the best breweries Michigan has to offer. Plus there was art, pipers, and lots of fruit: oranges, limes, mango, strawberry, kiwi, raspberry, and... 
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Mar 8, 2018 | Beer
The 2018 Winter Beer Festival was the same wonderful festival, just postponed for a week. There were new faces in the crowd and just a few less breweries because of the date change. The BeerFest mobile app provided a notice for the brewers unable to attend. 2018... 
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Dec 14, 2016 | Beer, Michigan, Music
The 2016 Dark Horse Brewery 4 Elf Party did not disappoint. Like their Bourbon Barrel Plead the 5th Imperial Stout, the party just gets finer and finer. This year the elves were thick as thieves and drinking beer like it was 1999. Add to that a pink bunny, Jesus,... 
by Chuck Marshall | Nov 3, 2016 | Music
Risky Brenda brought their alluring brand of eclectic rock music swimming in sexy grooves to the Crossroads Pub in Ypsilanti. Risky Brenda at the Crossroads It had been close to a year since we last saw Risky Brenda. They have a new album out called ‘What She Does’.... 
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Oct 25, 2016 | Beer, Michigan, Music
The 8th Annual Detroit Fall Beer Festival was on Oct 21 & 22, 2016 in Eastern Market. There were over 800 beers, perfect October weather, and thousands of smiling happy people. The old saying, “beer makes me happy” was certainly true this past weekend... 
